I will!! I'm trying to actually lose weight in the holiday's instead of gaining. I have ate light forthe past 2 days and worked out both days but sometimes after this the diet just goes away when I don't see a weight loss.

I am with you! My biggest challenge is that I work at a restaraunt and bar in the snowy mountains, away from home. I work from 3 p.m to 3 a.m. I do not have a microwave or oven when i stay up there for work, just a stove with burners, so everything has to be cooked in a pan. plus the challenge of having ready made fatty foods everywhere at the restaurant. there is no such thing as a lunch break in the restaurant biz, which leads to irradic eating. my challange....to pre-pack plenty of healthy snacks to take to work with me, try to fit in time to eat, (instead of 3 in the morning), still try to get in a brisk walk daily...(trudging through 6-8 ft. of snow) and actually lose weight during the holidays. I do not have email access at the resort, so will only be able to stay in contact when i come home. so i have to try and stay motivated up there by myself! wish me luck! i am with you!

That is exactly my goal! One pound a week on average! And I don't want the holidays to side track me! I'll join in. But its already hard. The Thanksgiving food has already started, if you can believe that. I had lost 12 pounds, but in the last week gained 2 of them back! Now I want to get serious again! I've been eating healthy for about 10 weeks now, but the last week has been tough. So yeah! I wanna join you guys and lose a pound a week over the holidays! :)

Yes I will join you. It's going to be a little rough with Thanksgiving coming up but I need to start somewhere. I would rather lose a lbs than gain one.

Okay Ladies! We can do it. I read all your replies and agree that it is a challenge, but we can do it!!! Thankfully, I will only be with family one day for Thanksgiving. I know I won't do well that day, but my goal is to exercise that day and eat a healthy light breakfast. Starting the day off right really helps me not to want to mess up the rest of the day.Anybody want to try to exercise Thanksgiving morning? Even if you only get to walk ten minutes I think it will help all of us.I am not bringing any food home Thanksgiving and Christmas. That way I won't be tempted. yesveruca,that does sound like a challenge. Bar food is not too healthy. Preplanning is the way to go. One thing good, is that I bet you burn some calories in that job. Two things that have helped me lately...keeping a sugarfree coughdrop in my mouth and drinking coffee and decaf coffee during the day to make me feel full. You could do that working in a bar. That might help. What are some things that have worked for you guys?...especially DeniDoo...12 lbs. that is great. Don't let that 2 lbs get you down.

I would like to join too! I am new here but I am trying to get on track. I have been attending ww but this past month I have not been able to attend so I have started to fall back.

Fondabee and other friends,
I am doing WW too, so please stay in contact and share any tips. I may have to go back to the meetings if this accountability group does not work for me because I really need accountablity for results. With a new baby and all, I really do not want another place to go. Any time I have away from the baby, I want to spend at the gym. Everybody, want to weigh in next Tuesday and give our results? Should we share specific weights and goals or keep it private? I have about fourteen pounds I am trying to lose.
Tiffany

How did you guys do today? It's Wednesday. I think I have already lost weight after four days of watching what I eat...yahoo!!!How are you guys doing? I've been drinking some decaf coffee and picking light things to eat at restaurants. I haven't felt hungry or like I have been suffering or doing without. I've been eating more veggies and oatmeal for breakfast.

Thanks Skinnysis! I'm honored you want to know my tips. :)

One of the things that I do is I eat a LOT of Lean Cuisines! Its awesome. I know exactly how many calories I'm eating and the portion sizes are perfect. I usually eat 4 of them a day. Then I add an apple here or a cup of yogurt there for snakes. That's another thing I do. It's important for me to eat about 200- 300 calories 4 or 5 times a day instead of 2 or even 3 big meals. That keeps the blood sugar regulated (I'm also diabetic) and it keeps the metabolism running a bit higher too.

The next thing I do is keep to what I call my "calorie budget". I set the budget between 1000 and 1500, and I try to hit right at 1200! But giving myself some wiggle room keeps me from getting too depressed if I have a little something extra one day. So far its worked pretty good.

The rest of the stuff I do is mental. I have a LOT of weight to lose and keeping a positive attitude is sometimes really hard, but I just have to remember that I'm aiming for health ultimately. Its important for me to be as healthy as I can in the body that I have NOW. It's not about "when I lose weight." Its about NOW! I say to myself everyday, "What can I do TODAY to make it a healthy day?" With that attitude losing weight is just a cool side effect of living healthy. :)

Forgot to add... Tomorrow is my first "Thanksgiving"! We are having dinner at my Grandma's. I'm sure there will be loads of food, but I'm going to avoid the desert table, and only have a small piece of turkey and some veggies. And hopefully there will be diet soda or ice tea with Splenda to drink. I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

I'll join in too if that's ok??? I used to do WW and lost 22lbs and gave up about 5months ago since then I've 7lbs have creeped their way back on. The WW meetings were not conveneint for me anymore and I found it quite expensive as well so it would be great to join you guys for tips, advice and support

I'm with you! I want to loose about 15lbs by next March, and I don't want the holidays and being at home for a month to get in the way of that. I've been binge free and eating healthy for a week now and am trying to start working out. Good luck to everyone!

JustMe198 and Shamita- Glad you are on board. You guys want to weighin on Mondays? In the past, I found that helped me not just go crazy on the weekends if I know I have to weigh in Monday. You guys might not be able to lose a pound in five days but you never know. I made a vegetable WW soup that is basically beef broth and veggies. It tastes okay but it is super light. I like the four lean cuisines a day mentioned. I cook for my family and my husband actually prefers healthy cooking so I usually cook a couple of times a week, but it would make a good lunch option.

DeniDoo,IT sounds like you have the right approach and attitude. Send any more tips or advice my way. I found the days I have done the best so far, I was sucking on these horrible tasting cough drops that made everything taste kind of bad. I am tempted to keep using them, but I need to learn self-control of good tasting food. I had a cold and the zinc drops taste horrible but work. I am trying to learn how to run so hopefully that will jump start my weight loss.

Thanks skinnysister, weighin in on Mondays' is fine with me, I've only started back on WW today so don't think I'll loose much in 3 days - probably a bad idea starting on a Friday just before the weekend - but I'm determined to do it so good luck everyone x